Vending-machine.



PATENTED OCT. 27, 1903.

H. J. DAVIS.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 30, 1901.

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PATENTBD OCT. 27, 1903. H. J. DAVIS. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 30, 1901.

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' UNITED ST TES Iatented October 27, 1903.

PATENT ()FFICE.

THIRDS TO WILLIAM EVERETT. J ONES AND WILLIAM HUDSON DAVIS, OF

WAYNESBORO, GEORGIA.

VENDING-MACHINE.

' SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 742,295, dated.October 27, 1903.

Application filed July 30, 1901.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY J EFFEBSON DA- we, of Waynesboro, in thecounty of Burke and State of Georgia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Vending- Machines; and I do hereby declarethefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art'to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in vending machines, and moreparticularly to machines for vending cigars, pencils, andsimilarly-shaped articles, the object of the invention being to providea machine by which cigars may be vended without breaking them, which canbe readily adjusted for cigars or other articles of different sizes, andwhich can be made to discharge one or more articles at a time.

A further object is to provide vendingmachine which will operate whenreleased by a coin to discharge an article without the use of springs,the weight of the articles being de- 1 2 5 pended upon to effect theirdischarge.

A further object is to provide means for preventing the operation of themachine except by the use of a propercoin.

' A further object is to produce a vendingmachine which shall be simplein construction, not easy to get out'of order, and which shall beeffectual in all respects in the performance of its functions.

With these objects in view the invention 3 5 consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, ashereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is 0 an elevation partly insection and partly broken away, illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 isan edge view, partly broken away,

showing the discharging devices. Fig. 3 is a view on the line a; m ofFig.1. Fig. 4 is a view on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a view onthe line a z of Fig. 1. Figs. 6, 7, and

8 are views illustrating certain details.

A represents a c asing,which will preferably Serial No. '70,28 4. (Nomodel.)

from the wheel 2 to a lip or trough 4, projccting from the front of thecasing. The wheel 2 comprises two disks or wheels 5 5, spaced apart andsecured to a shaft 6, mounted in the standards 1, and each disk or wheel5 is provided on its periphery Witha number of pins or projections 7,the spaces between the pins of the respective disks or wheels 5cooperating to form pockets 8 for the reception of the articles to bevended. Each standard is provided at its upper end with two divergingarms 9 10. Each arm 9 supports a hood 11, extending from a point nearthe outlet-slot 3 in the front-of the casing to the lower end of a chute12, and each hood consists of an angle-iron curved concentric with thedischarging-wheel and provided with a lug 13. The lugs 13 of the hoodsare disposed alongside the arms 9 of the standards and are slotted, asat 14, for the reception of bolts 15. By thus mounting the hoods 11 theywill prevent the escape of articles from the discharge-wheel and can beadjusted relatively to the latter to accommodate cigars or otherarticles of different sizes.

The arms 10 of the stands serve to support the lower end of the chute12. The chute 12 may comprise several sections arrangedin zigzag order,the number of sections or the length of the chute being dependent uponthe capacity it may be-desired the machine shall have. The lower sectionof the chute comprises two angle-irons 16, spaced apart, irons 17disposed within the angle-irons 16,- the respective irons 16 17 beingspaced apart to form pockets 20, which cooperate to form the chute orguideways for'the cigars or other articles, and the respective pairs ofangle irons are retained rigidly spaced apart by means of bars 21. Theplates or irons 16 17 are provided with lugs 22 23, respectively,

through which bolts 24 are passed, said bolts also securing thespacing-bars 21 in place. The lugs 23 are made with slots 25 to permitthe adjustment of the irons or plates 17 relatively to the angle-irons16 for the purpose of accommodating the chute to articles of differentsizes. The lower ends of the angleirous 16 are provided with dependinglugs 26, secured to the arms 10 of the standards by means of bolts 27,and said lugs are made with slots 28 to permit the vertical adjustmentof the chute. The upper section 29 of the chute is constructed in thesame manner as above described, (except thatthe locations of the partsare reversed,) and said upper section is adjustably supported by meansof an arm or bracket 30, secured to the casing. The various sections ofthe chute are joined together, so as to be capable of more orlessadjustment relatively to each other, a convenient man ner ofaccomplishing this being to make the end of one section flaring and theend of the adjacent section inserted into the flaring portion.

It will be observed that as the wheel rotates the pins thereon willenter between the cigars as they emerge from the chute, and thus receivethe cigars into the pockets.

The shaft 6 is provided with a ratchet-wheel 31, having a number ofteeth corresponding with the number of pockets on the wheel, so thatwhen the wheel is moved to the extent of one tooth of the ratchet-wheelthe contents of one pocket will be discharged. If it be desired,however, to discharge the contents of two pockets at onceas, forinstance, two

cigars-the ratchet-wheel will be provided with only half as many teethas there are pockets in the wheel. One of the standards 1 is providedwith an arm 33", between which and the standard an escapement-pawl 33 ismounted, the end 34 of said pawl being somewhat heavier than the otherend, so that it will tend to leave or release the ratchet-wheel. The end34 of the pawl is maintained normally in engagement with theratchet-wheel by means ofa trigger-lever 35, pivoted in the arm 33, andis kept in contact with the pawl by means of a weight 36 on one end ofsaid lever. The other end of the lever (which is of considerable length)terminates in the discharge end of a coin-guide 37, so that when a coindrops through the end of said guide it will strike the lever or trigger35, turn it on its 'fulcrum, and permit the pawl to release theratchet-wheel, said lever returning to its normal position (after thecoin has passed into a drawer) when the ratchet-wheel shall have movedone tooth. When the ratchetwheel is thus released, the weight of thecigars in the pockets of the discharge-wheel will cause said wheel toturn sufficiently to discharge the contents of one of its pockets or oftwo of its pockets if the ratchet-wheel is provided with half as manyteeth there are pockets.

The coin-guide (which terminates at its upper end in a slot 39 in thefront of the easing) comprises a bar having flanges 40 atits respectiveedges, said flanges being grooved in their inner faces, the diameter ofthe guideway from the bottom of the groove in one flange to the bottomof the groove in the other flange being just sufficient to permit thefree passage of a proper coin, such as a nickel. It is desirable,however, to prevent the operation of the trigger-lever by means Of acoin of smaller value, such as a cent. The coin-guide will therefore beinclined laterally, so that if a cent be inserted it will drop outlaterally, being of insufficient diameter to enter the grooves in bothflanges 40. A funnel 41 is provided to receive the pennies, and thisfunnel is provided at its upper edge with a flange 42 to insure theentrance of the pennies thereinto. It is also made of considerable widthat its upper end and extends some distance along the guideway, so thatif the momentum of the penny should carry it some distance along theguideway before it falls laterally it will be caught by the funnel bythe time it reaches the bend in the guideway, if it is not soonerdischarged into said funnel.

The funnel 41 terminates at its lower end in a chute 43, beneath which atrigger 44 is located, and this trigger may be made to operate an alarmin any suitable manner.

My improvements are simple in construction; but slight changes might bemade in the details or" construction of my invention without departingfrom the spirit thereof or limiting its scope, and hence I do not wishto limit myself to the precise details herein set forth.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with standards, a delivery-wheel having peripheralpockets, mounted between said standards, hoods supported by saidstandards and overhanging the ends of the delivery-wheel, a chute alsosupported by said standards and communicating with the hoods and meansfor controlling the operation of said delivery-wheel.

2. The combination with a delivery-whee having peripheral pockets, arachet device connected with said wheel and means for controlling theratchet device, of a chute for delivering articles to the wheel, saidchute comprising two pairs of angle-irons, the irons of each pair spacedapart to form guideways for the ends of the articles to be delivered, asep arating-bar between the pairs of angle-irons and means forsupporting the chute.

3. The combination with a delivery-wheel having peripheral pockets, aratchet device connected with said wheel and means for con- In testimonywhereof I have signed this specification in the presence of twosubscrib- 1o ing witnesses.

HENRY JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Witnessesz E. S. GARLIQK, O. B. GARLIOK.

